This is a continuation of a series of Lenten thoughts appropriate to the remembering our Christ with all the awe He truly deserves.. Please consider sharing these Lenten thoughts with a host of your friends.
THESE THOUGHT ARE ADDED TO EACH SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
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(Use in your personal or church newsletters)
FOR THE NEXT few postings MY THOUGHTS WILL BE AIMED AT SPEAKING OF AND TRYING TO GIVE SOME SOMETIMES NEW INSIGHTS INTO PRAYER.
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Think the word prayer and most often you probably think petition. And that’s just what Christ was talking about in Luke 11:9-10.
So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
When we petition God what should our attitude be?
Well, the phrase hallowed be thy name is not in the Lord’s Prayer by accident.
How was it that Jesus put it, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul and strength and mind.” You can’t get much more hallowed than that.
Hallowed? It is a litmus test for how we feel about the God to whom we are praying. Hallow, not shallow. Adoration, not relationship with amendments.
Prayer? It is the one place our independence seeks dependence. Whether we are thanking God or pleading our case before His throne of mercy, we are in essence saying, “Here am I, Lord, take me.”
SOME RECENT POSTINGS ON MY OTHER BLOG “ONE A DAY YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS”…To view them go to “Google Search” type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins” Or type in the URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
THESE THOUGHT ARE ADDED TO EACH SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
(Scroll down to read previous thoughts)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters)
FOR THE NEXT few postings MY THOUGHTS WILL BE AIMED AT SPEAKING OF AND TRYING TO GIVE SOME SOMETIMES NEW INSIGHTS INTO PRAYER.
To view my other blog “One A Day, Your Spiritual Vitamins”
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URLhttp://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
Think the word prayer and most often you probably think petition. And that’s just what Christ was talking about in Luke 11:9-10.
So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
When we petition God what should our attitude be?
Well, the phrase hallowed be thy name is not in the Lord’s Prayer by accident.
How was it that Jesus put it, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul and strength and mind.” You can’t get much more hallowed than that.
Hallowed? It is a litmus test for how we feel about the God to whom we are praying. Hallow, not shallow. Adoration, not relationship with amendments.
Prayer? It is the one place our independence seeks dependence. Whether we are thanking God or pleading our case before His throne of mercy, we are in essence saying, “Here am I, Lord, take me.”
SOME RECENT POSTINGS ON MY OTHER BLOG “ONE A DAY YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS”…To view them go to “Google Search” type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins” Or type in the URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
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